Starting 2019 there will be a new race added to the calendar. A race, that will have national and continental teams competing against each other, the first National Team Fixed Gear Race, The Fixed Nations Cup will take place in Dijon on May 31, June 1 & 2 2019. There will be three disciplines, the Team Time Trial (TTT), a Criterium, and an Omnium. The race is organised by our good friend Maxime Poisson from Sportunit and the race director of the National Moutarde Crit. As FGC we are proud to also announce that we will serve as their official media partner.

To be selected in your national team, athletes have to score points in the selected crits during the 2018 season.

A national team can be composed of, at least, 30 athletes from the same country are registered and participate in at least 1 of the crits counting for the selection procedure for the Fixed Nations Cup. If a country doesn’t have 30 riders registered or racing, the athletes will join their Continental Team. Athletes not selected in their National or Continental Team can participate in the Fixed Nations Cup as an individual rider. Registrations for not directly qualified riders will open in April 2019.

Each National Team will consist out of the top 5 women and top 5 men placed on the Fixed Nations Cup ranking of their country.

Scoring System Points are given to the top 5 of each participating nation at every crit that is participating in the Fixed Nations Cup. However, you can only score points after you have registered for the Fixed Nations Cup.

Bonus Points Points obtained in the home country are doubled Red Hook Criterium winners will get an extra 50 points, 35 points for the number 2, and 20 points for the number 3.

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